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RE: The Early Schools of Indian Buddhism Series

in #mindfulness • 6 years ago

Thanks to the divine nature of reading to him again. I am very happy to read to you again on this website, I was worried about you eleven days ago, without hearing from you; I hope the health situation is better.

I believe that Buddhist learning as a Christian should not become a heavy burden of historical situations; what is important is the essence, to grasp that essence and make it manifest through our actions -faith without works is dead-, Buddhist practice without tangible facts of personal life and towards others is only a compendium.

History is beautiful, in those life and death stories there is learning - "learning from our mistakes makes us intelligent, learning from the mistakes of others makes us wise" - but modern life has distorted values and principles; today we believe more in technology than in the philosophy of life.

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     6 years ago  

    @amigoponc, Jesus and Buddha's teachings don't need history to show how they work when one applies them to their life. All you need to do is try them on and see if they work.

    The history of religious institutions is important to me because it shows how teachings that can strengthen and free us from negativity and slavery on an individual, community, and national level can also be used to control the masses rather than free the individual from their self-caused suffering. Control systems use our suffering for profit and so do corrupt religious systems. If there is no way out of a political system or religious system it is a cult. I learned this from studying history

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      If there is no way out of a political system or religious system it is a cult. I learned this from studying history.

      My thinking is abstract, I was educated in the world of mathematics, under the tones of the piano; maybe that's why I see the world as a chaos, without rhythm, as an out of tune instrument.

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         6 years ago (edited) 

        I see the world as cyclical, humanity has been through this time of upheaval caused by nature or human events over and over throughout our history, and many times nature influence human behavior. Look up Kali Yuga, @amigoponic

        There is no such thing as abstract chaos, there are always patterns-inside-patterns-inside-patterns 🌀

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